Summer 2020
C
SECTION REPORTS BARNOLDSWICK
lub member Dorothy Altham on retiring at 62 needed a hobby to fill her time. She found it in cycling. She joined Barnoldswick Clarion and the local C.T.C. alternating between slow and medium rides. Last year she clocked up over 10,000mls. With a smile she says: “I think cycling is taking over my life”. Last year she decided on an adventure and rode the 8mls down to Gargrave and boarded the train to Barrow in Furness, stopping overnight in a travel lodge. The following morning she set off from Walney Island to ride the Bay Cycle Way NCN700. 130km finishing in Condor Green where, staying overnight, she rode the 50 or so miles back home. Well done Dorothy! Not bad for 67. Where to this year?
Dave Poole finished 2nd overall in The Kielder Forest Duathlon January 2020. Members Colin and Sharon Urmston have just arrived back from Tenerife. Colin, on a lazy day rode, 120mls and did 16,000ft of climbing around Mt.Tiede.Martin and Linda enjoyed an extended cycling break in Benidorm where Martin just topped 100,000ft of ascent. Dave Sherwood is organising this year’s Majorca trip to Porto Pollensa. Barnoldswick Clarion now has more than 65 members with members enjoying the great benefits of the Clarion Third Party Insurance scheme. Mick Meath
Dorothy, on the left, with club members on a hostel weekend to Arnside.
Dave Poole, Kielder Forest Duathlon
- 37 -
